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Amulet of a Lion
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Ivory amulet in the shape of a lion from Jemdet Nasr, a city in Southern Mesopotamia and typesite for the period 3200-2900 B.C. The amulet is carved in the form of a recumbent lion with key features, including paws and legs, eye, ears, nose and tail, carefully depicted. Surface shows faint traces of red pigment. A circular hole has been drilled through the neck of the lion, just above the front paw. The hole was probably intended for a cord to pass through, so that the amulet may be worn.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Carol Hebb and Alan Feldbaum
Title: Amulet of a Lion
Description:
Ivory amulet in the shape of a lion from Jemdet Nasr, a city in Southern Mesopotamia and typesite for the period 3200-2900 B.
C.
The amulet is carved in the form of a recumbent lion with key features, including paws and legs, eye, ears, nose and tail, carefully depicted.
Surface shows faint traces of red pigment.
A circular hole has been drilled through the neck of the lion, just above the front paw.
The hole was probably intended for a cord to pass through, so that the amulet may be worn.
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